Trifecta day three. During the Bigfoot Chester set Wade and Liz were yelling "Trifecta!", it made me happy.
Bigfoot whipped it, Matt from Chili Cold Blood filled in for Trey on drums. He and I did a South Filthy session a few years ago and I haven't seen him since. It was great playing with him again.
Before we played we got in to a conversation about shitty drummers and how a little time with a metronome could straighten them out. It's a conversation I've had with a hundred other bass players, but never a drummer. Matt must be some kind of anomaly.
Breakdown
The Hole in the Wall kind of sucks...
A $50 beer tab for four bands is not enough. I got one free Lone Star and I watched Bill and Matt get get nothing. The Hole could (and in the past, did) do better...
My rig sounded like shit on the first couple of numbers. I got it dialed in eventually, but it still needs help.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
7/22/11
Double trifecta day two. The Gay Sportscasters played The Triple Crown in San Marcos last night. We were sans dancers and even though I thought people wouldn't dig it (I figure most folks come to watch the "mammarian force field") they did. We actually played like a real band instead of some guys who know some songs and play on occasion.
The Reaction was on the bill with Attic Ted (one of Wade's old bands) and the Jocks. When the 'casters were playing "Get Down Tonight" (yes, we do some really awful tunes) an old fried was dancing ala John Travolta right in front of me. I completely lost it and stopped playing for a few bars. It's a little different than Smitty's usual screwing with me, he just sticks that smelly ass mic in my face (or something similar). Seeing "The Travolta" took me by complete surprise.
Breakdown
Got two drink tickets and bought one extra beer for $2.50. Not bad or great.
On the first song Smitty's mic didn't work so while the sound guy was swapping it out Smitty jumped on mine. Nasty!
The Reaction was on the bill with Attic Ted (one of Wade's old bands) and the Jocks. When the 'casters were playing "Get Down Tonight" (yes, we do some really awful tunes) an old fried was dancing ala John Travolta right in front of me. I completely lost it and stopped playing for a few bars. It's a little different than Smitty's usual screwing with me, he just sticks that smelly ass mic in my face (or something similar). Seeing "The Travolta" took me by complete surprise.
Breakdown
Got two drink tickets and bought one extra beer for $2.50. Not bad or great.
On the first song Smitty's mic didn't work so while the sound guy was swapping it out Smitty jumped on mine. Nasty!
Friday, July 22, 2011
7/21/11
Night one of the now double trifecta we were at the Scoot Inn. It turns out that not only are Davy and I are playing three nights in a row (with three different bands) but we are playing all of those nights with The Reaction! Its former Hickoid Wade Driver and his sweetie (Liz!) on bass. They whipped it up! Hickoids played then Churchwood (then a couple of others I didn't see...lazy). It was a good night with a lot of decent folks out to have fun. It's like We live in Austin or somethin...
Breakdown
$2.50 for the one Lone Star I bought, I had two others bought for me, thanks.
First show with the repaired cabinet, it seemed to work just fine, now I'm thinking about a new head. I don't think that will ever end.
Breakdown
$2.50 for the one Lone Star I bought, I had two others bought for me, thanks.
First show with the repaired cabinet, it seemed to work just fine, now I'm thinking about a new head. I don't think that will ever end.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
7/19/11
Had a Bigfoot Chester rehearsal last night. For the second time we did it at Trailerspace Records. It's a cool record store, but it's a little strange rehearsing there. People are literally shopping for music and we are going over the fine points of a song and playing it again. Not your typical evening.
This week is the Davy/Rice trifecta. Three of the four bands we are in together are playing this weekend, Thursday the Hickoids, Friday the Gay Sportscasters, and Saturday Bigfoot. We would have gone for the superfecta, but we were too stupid/lazy to think about it until a couple of days ago... Oh well.
Broke gear...
I got my bass cab repaired and it seems to be working just fine. I'll do another post about my broken Ashdown 4x10. Right now I'm just happy I didn't have to spend big bucks on another cab. It's small, but I count it as a win.
This week is the Davy/Rice trifecta. Three of the four bands we are in together are playing this weekend, Thursday the Hickoids, Friday the Gay Sportscasters, and Saturday Bigfoot. We would have gone for the superfecta, but we were too stupid/lazy to think about it until a couple of days ago... Oh well.
Broke gear...
I got my bass cab repaired and it seems to be working just fine. I'll do another post about my broken Ashdown 4x10. Right now I'm just happy I didn't have to spend big bucks on another cab. It's small, but I count it as a win.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
7/17/11
I did a little studio session with The Gay Sportscasters today. We recorded five songs in Cris Burns place, Summit Recording.
As usual Mr Burns was great (I mean how many grammy winners do YOU work with?) he is tweaky enough to make it sound great and stays out of the way when needed.
A perfect combo for an engineer.
Breakdown
Burns had me play through a preamp he built cascaded in to a GK head in to some kind of cabinet I never saw (It was in a big wooden box). So there was a mic on the cab and a direct from the pre. Fat and pretty
He put a second pair of mics on the drum kit (in addition to the overheads). These were ribbon mics and he put them on either side, that man knows what he's doing.
As usual Mr Burns was great (I mean how many grammy winners do YOU work with?) he is tweaky enough to make it sound great and stays out of the way when needed.
A perfect combo for an engineer.
Breakdown
Burns had me play through a preamp he built cascaded in to a GK head in to some kind of cabinet I never saw (It was in a big wooden box). So there was a mic on the cab and a direct from the pre. Fat and pretty
He put a second pair of mics on the drum kit (in addition to the overheads). These were ribbon mics and he put them on either side, that man knows what he's doing.
7/15/11
Salute is one hell of a sweaty joint. Pack sixty or so folks in a room (and AC) meant for thirty it's not gonna be pretty. Add in the 104 degree temps we've been having and it ain't gonna smell any better either.
Hickoids played the middle slot after Pinata Protest and before a German band called The Boss Hoss. Evidently they are wildly popular in Germany. For a seven piece they had a 15 passenger van, an RV, a truck for the gear, some road crew, and some folks filming them. It must be fun having a budget. They appeared to be having a blast...
Breakdown
We bassists used the same SWR 2 10" combo that sounded farty to me on stage. It could my usual problem with low powered combos, my "attacky" style overwhelms them pretty quick. The other two bassist sounded solid, but not very loud. My rig would have sounded better, but it was still being fixed.
I never got a chance to ask if there was a beer deal for bands, the place was pretty packed when we got there and it never eased up. I paid $3 for Lone Stars and someone bought me one on stage (thanks!) not a horrible rip-off, but it's not The Mix.
Hickoids played the middle slot after Pinata Protest and before a German band called The Boss Hoss. Evidently they are wildly popular in Germany. For a seven piece they had a 15 passenger van, an RV, a truck for the gear, some road crew, and some folks filming them. It must be fun having a budget. They appeared to be having a blast...
Breakdown
We bassists used the same SWR 2 10" combo that sounded farty to me on stage. It could my usual problem with low powered combos, my "attacky" style overwhelms them pretty quick. The other two bassist sounded solid, but not very loud. My rig would have sounded better, but it was still being fixed.
I never got a chance to ask if there was a beer deal for bands, the place was pretty packed when we got there and it never eased up. I paid $3 for Lone Stars and someone bought me one on stage (thanks!) not a horrible rip-off, but it's not The Mix.
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